KISS Paul Stanley and wife welcome new baby, Emily Grace Stanley

By April MacIntyre Aug 10, 2011, 22:09 GMT

The new princess of The KISS Army will join sister Sarah Brianna, 2, and brothers Colin Michael, 4 and Evan Shane, 17.

KISS founder and front-man Paul Stanley and his wife Erin have welcomed a new addition to their family:  Emily Grace Stanley, who weighed 7lb. and 10 oz., was born August 9, 2011, in Los Angeles.

The new princess of The KISS Army will join sister Sarah Brianna, 2, and brothers Colin Michael, 4 and Evan Shane, 17.

“Erin and I are once again blessed with the addition of Emily Grace to our family,” Stanley said in a statement sent to Monsters and Critics.  “I’m not sure she can sing but her first screams let me know she’s definitely Daddy’s Girl.” 

Stanley just completed a series of sold-out North American dates with KISS.  The legendary front man is currently producing the next KISS album.  In addition, Stanley continues his highly-successful career as a fine artist whose paintings garner more than $3,000,000 annually through Wentworth Galleries. 

Entrepreneur and artist, Stanley is the chief songwriter, driving force and unwavering voice of KISS. A visionary and trendsetter since the early 1970s, Stanley’s passion for both the musical and visual arts has perhaps been the key to the astonishing ongoing worldwide phenomenon known as KISS.

Stanley is also responsible for the KISS brand, having personally overseen and steered the band’s development and expansion into a worldwide brand with more than 3,000 licensees.

Over the last 35 years, Stanley has channeled his musical vision, designing and developing signature musical instruments including guitars that continue to be marketed by numerous musical instrument companies with sales now standing at well over $13,000,000.

As an accomplished solo performer, Stanley released “Live to Win” (New Door Records/ Universal Music Enterprises), his first solo album in more than 25 years, and second overall. In 2008, Stanley released the concert DVD, “One Live KISS,” that quickly went to the top of the music video charts. In 2009, Stanley produced the band’s acclaimed release “Sonic Boom” that debuted at number one on the Billboard Hard Rock Chart. Stanley is currently producing KISS’s heavily-anticipated follow-up album that’s scheduled for release in 2012.

"Liberty" by Paul Stanley

In addition, Stanley has also returned to his passion for painting.  In just a few short years, his works have been acquired by numerous art connoisseurs worldwide.  Stanley’s tremendous success as a painter has translated into well over $3,000,000 annually.